Io canto

Infobox Album
Name = Io canto
Type = cover
Longtype =
Artist = Laura Pausini


Cover size =
Caption = Italian language edition
Released = November 10, 2006
Recorded = Logic Studio
Flagicon|Italy Milan, Province of Milan
Larione 10
Flagicon|Italy Florence, Province of Florence
Hanson Recording Studios
Flagicon|United States Los Angeles, California
Studio Impatto
Flagicon|Italy Bologna, Province of Bologna
ORS (Oliveta Recording Studio)
Flagicon|Italy Castel Bolognese, Province of Ravenna
Sage Studio
Flagicon|United States Los Angeles, California
Fonoprint Studios
Flagicon|Italy Bologna, Province of Bologna
Mulino Recording Studio
Flagicon|Italy Acquapendente, Province of Viterbo
Nautilus Mastering
Flagicon|Italy Milan, Province of Milan
Genre = Pop rock
Latin pop
Length = 68:07
Language = Italian
Spanish
French
English
Label = Warner Music
Producer = Laura Pausini

Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0zfwxq9rldke es] [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kzfwxq9rldke it]
Compiled by =
Chronology =
Last album = "Live in Paris 05"
(2005)
This album = "Io canto"
(2006)
Next album = "San Siro 2007"
(2007)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = "Yo canto"
Type = cover


Lower caption = Spanish language edition

"Io canto" is Italian singer–songwriter Laura Pausini's ninth studio album, issued by Warner Music on November 10, 2006. On November 14, Warner Music released "Io cantos Spanish language edition, "Yo canto", for the hispanophone market. "Yo canto–Io canto""' is a limited edition double album featuring both the Italian– and Spanish language editions. This marks the first instance in Pausini's multilingual music career in which both editions are offered in a single release. Warner Music issued a third edition pressed exclusively for the French market. This pressing of "Io canto" features the bonus track "Je chante", a partial French adaptation of the Italian "Io canto". [http://www.los40.com/articulo/noticias/Laura/Pausini/editara/nuevo/album/canto/espanol/italiano/l40actnot/20061110l40l40not_3/Tes/]

The album consists entirely of covers. Its repertoire spans three decades of Italian pop music history. Pausini pays hommage to fellow Italian singer–songwriters whose lyrical work have influenced her artistic sensibility throughout the years. [http://www.terra.com/ocio/articulo/html/oci156474.htm] In the album's liner notes Pausini reveals:

"Yo canto" features "Dispárame, dispara", also known as "Corazón roto"—opening theme of the Mexican telenovela "Amar sin límites" (2006). [http://www.terra.com.mx/musica/articulo/202299/] Chile's Canal 13 employed the album's title track for its television series "Cantando por un sueño". [http://www.cooperativa.cl/p4_noticias/site/artic/20070510/pags/20070510111533.html] The Album won the Latin Grammy in 2007 for Best Female Pop Vocal Album.

Inception

The decision to present a cover album stemmed from a "pending debt" to Pausini's musical roots and homeland. She first conceptualized the idea approximately ten years prior to "Io canto"'s publication. [http://www.terra.com/ocio/articulo/html/oci156474.htm] The idea, however, did not take root until Pausini's golden year in 2006 that culminated in a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album for "Escucha" (2004) at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards. At the post–Grammy press conference, journalists remarked how they admired Pausini for never having abandoned her brand of "Italian pop of always" despite her classification as a "Latin music" artist. [http://www.terra.com/ocio/articulo/html/oci156474.htm] [http://musicstore.connect.com/album/695/Laura-Pausini/Yo-Canto/500000000000021349131.html] Alluding to Pausini's "Italian–ness," Randy Cordova for "The Arizona Republic" concurred, "She doesn't pander to the crowd with Latin guitars, reggaeton remixes or Cuban percussion. [Her music] is all very organic." [http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/ae/articles/0716pausini0716.html] This acknowledgement moved Pausini to honor Italy by recording a cover album of Italian "classics". Pausini also wished to export underappreciated Italian music to the world as a consequence of her multilingualism. [http://musicstore.connect.com/album/695/Laura-Pausini/Yo-Canto/500000000000021349131.html] [http://www.terra.com/ocio/articulo/html/oci156474.htm]

Track listing

"Io canto"

"Yo canto"

Tour

Pausini chose not to do a tour to promote "Io canto". Instead, she opted for a single concert in Milan, in the Stadio San Siro, making history as the first female artist to play a gig in this venue. The sold out concert happened on June 2 2007. Approximately 70,000 fans attended in the incessant rain. Tiziano Ferro appeared for a duet. The two and a half hour concert has been released on DVD in December 2007. [ [http://www.laurapausini.com/ Laura Pausini's official site] ]

Notes

References

*Blanco, Patricia R. " [http://www.los40.com/articulo/noticias/Laura/Pausini/editara/nuevo/album/canto/espanol/italiano/l40actnot/20061110l40l40not_3/Tes/ Laura Pausini editará su nuevo álbum, 'Io canto,' en español e italiano] ", "los40.com" (Spain), November 102006. Accessed October 9, 2007.
*Cordova, Randy. " [http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/ae/articles/0716pausini0716.html Bellissima: Italian singer a favorite of Latinos] ", "The Arizona Republic", July 162006. Accessed September 22, 2007.
*Galicia, Arístides. " [http://www.los40.com.mx/noticias/344343.asp Laura Pausini es igual que su padre] ", "los40.com" (México), October 132006. Accessed October 15, 2007.
*" [http://www.terra.com/ocio/articulo/html/oci156474.htm Laura Pausini canta a los clásicos de la canción italiana] ", "Terra" (USA), November 232006. Accessed September 21, 2007.
*" [http://www.terra.com.mx/musica/articulo/202299/ Laura Pausini dice que canta] ", "Terra" (México), October 172006. Accessed September 21, 2007.
*" [http://www.cooperativa.cl/p4_noticias/site/artic/20070510/pags/20070510111533.html Laura Pausini espera que en 'Cantando por un sueño' no se compita por la fama] ", "Radio Cooperativa", May 102007. Accessed September 21, 2007.
*" [http://musicstore.connect.com/album/695/Laura-Pausini/Yo-Canto/500000000000021349131.html Laura Pausini Track by Track Interview] ". "CONNECT Music". Accessed September 22, 2007.